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eventREF E-0012296Revised

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List of detainees is released

Date
5 Feb 1977
Updated
30 Sep 2019
List of detainees is released

The government, for the first time, released the official list of all detained under the Preventive Detention clause of the Internal Security Act (ISA) since its introduction on 11 August 1976. The total number of detainees was given as 135.  

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  1. 01O'Malley, P., 1977, from The O'Malley Report, [online], Available at www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed: 16 January 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). List of detainees is released. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012296

South African History Online (2011) 'List of detainees is released', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012296 (Accessed: 6 August 2026).

South African History Online, List of detainees is released [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012296, (accessed 6 August 2026).

"List of detainees is released." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012296. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "List of detainees is released." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012296.

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